A/N: Please, please, please don't expect me to update again in the next few days. Knowing me I probably will but I have so much uni work to do! But here we go, Chapter 1!
"No" he said for the umpteenth time in a row but I didn't care, he was going to give in.
"Yes" I said, attempting to stare him down.
"No" he said, becoming less amused. I decided I had to use everything I could to get him to waver.
"Please" I mumbled and stepped closer to him, placing my hands on his chest. I saw his jaw tighten as he began to lose control.
"No" he said tightly and I stood on my tip toes.
"Please" I whispered against his lips and then kissed him deeply. His arms wrapped around me and he deepened the kiss. We had decided to never even peck in public because we both knew that we always made our kisses last for a long time. Once we both needed air though, we broke apart. This time though was different; normally he would let me go so that we could put a small amount of distance between us. This time he kept his arms wrapped around me as we pulled away and placed his forehead against mine. He looked deep into my eyes and I began to blush at the sheer intimacy of his gaze.
"No" he finally spoke and I scowled at him and tried to pull away but his arms grew tighter around me.
"Let me go" I pouted and he chuckled loudly. He had become a lot more open with his smiles and laughter and I enjoyed every part of it.
"No" he spoke his favourite word again and I grimaced further.
"You're mean" I sneered and his kissed my forehead before letting me go. My victory was marred by my longing for his contact again and with a wave of defeat I leant in and hugged him again.
"I thought you wanted me to let go" he chuckled, putting his arms back around me.
"Yeah, but this is better" I mumbled happily.
We were standing in my kitchen and I was trying to convince Edward to come to Arizona with me one day soon. He had kept saying no because he'd said that the last time he went to visit his cousins in Arizona, people stared at him and he didn't like having the heat on his scars. It was a fair all but I was too stubborn to accept his response.
Edward and I have been together for four months and the rollercoaster that is our relationship seems to have more hoops than I'd realized. His mood swings still confused me but were becoming more bearable as he became more and more comfortable with me. We weren't as self-conscious around each other but we still had our moments of feel horrible and worthless, but we seemed to make it by without conflict. We had a relatively peaceful relationship and people had finally stopped with the whispering and gawking as we walked hand in hand. Edward insisted that people were shocked at the fact that 'someone like him' managed to win the heart of 'someone like me' but I was certain it was the other way around. Alice had been over the moon when I told her we were together and she, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie had all come for a visit almost immediately. We were all common figures in each other's lives now and never left it more than one month to see each other.
"What are we going to do today?" I asked Edward as he was doing the dishes.
"Go to school?" he said, seeming uncertain.
"Yeah, I meant after" I said and giggled.
"I don't know. What would you like to do?" he said as he dried his hands and turned around to face me.
"We could watch some movies? After homework of course," I amended for the sake of my father.
"Sounds good; here or my house?" he asked and I honestly had to ponder it. I loved his house and his family, but I didn't love how Carlisle always asked me how my scars were doing. I would rather forget them than have them broadcasted. However, we always seemed to be at my house.
"Yours, if that's okay?" I asked but I knew he could hear the unsureness in my voice.
"I'll make sure he doesn't ask today" he promised softly and that seemed to calm me down.
"We should go" I stated once I noticed the clock.
"We should; after you Madame" Edward smiled and I shook my head to clear the daze. I made my way out to his car and leant against it. "Don't look so gloomy Bella; it's just school" he said to me once we were in the car.
"School is stupid," I said and he laughed before nodding. He took my hand as he drove and fumbled with my fingers. As he drove, he played quiet classical music and I began to relax. "I really love you, you know" he said suddenly and my inside became warm. I turned to him and he was glancing at me out of the corned of his eyes and I was blushing. He smiled hugely and then pulled my hand up to his mouth so he could kiss it.
"I love you too, really" I said as a binding promise. He still found it hard to believe that I was in love with him, even though I had been the one to say it first. His insecurities often got the better of him.
"We're a mix and match pair aren't we?" he chuckled and I smiled at the name he'd given us. Mix and match seemed to work for both of us because we both thought the same thing; that we were so lucky to have the other and lucky too to have them go with who we were; no changes.
"Yeah, we are" I laughed and then he pulled into the school parking lot. We both had to mentally prepare ourselves for days at school because although people didn't openly stare or whisper anymore, we knew they did it in secret.
"You ready?" He asked and I nodded.
"You?" I responded and he nodded.
We made our way out of the car and intertwined our hands. We walked slowly because we didn't feel the need to rush things in any aspect. Suddenly Edward came to a standstill and when I looked at him, he was staring straight ahead.
"Well, I wasn't ready for that" he said and when I followed his gaze, I became as shocked as he was. We squeezed our hands tighter as we stayed where we were, and watched as our school went up in flames.
A/N: What did you think of Chapter 1?